Memories of the past

This song was what made Sai Rokuyo decide to start composing again. He wrote the song when he was 18 and the lyrics when he was 57, so it was a song that was written about 40 years apart.

It has a wonderful melody that makes it hard to believe that it was made by an 18-year-old, and the change of key in the second half, in particular, adds to the drama of this song. It's a world that Sai describes, depicting "memories" in terms of time and color.

"A drop at dusk"...what a scene. It is an expression that makes you feel the words begin to sparkle.

Then, at the end, you think it's going to end with just the gentle words and melody, but at the end, the song changes completely and suddenly a new world is expressed. Here, too, you can see the wonderful development that is the magic of Sai Rokuyo's music.

Looking at the composition of the song, a song is a concrete expression of the world of the lyrics, and it follows a sequence in which the words' intonation is found as the lyrics are read over and over again, and that intonation becomes a melody and a melody is born.

The lyrics of this song that are particularly memorable are the nostalgia and fondness for "those friends" and "those companions."

"Memories" does not refer to a singular, specific person, but rather seems to refer to the friendships one has been involved in.

Hirano Miki's arrangement begins with a soft connection of chords, as if to evoke a faint memory, about "memories." The next section begins with a melody that seems to embody "nostalgia," continuing with her soft singing voice.